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Greatest songs of all time

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  • QBranchQBranch Always have an escape plan. Mine is watching James Bond films.
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    Dragonpol wrote:
    Creasy47 wrote:
    Dragonpol wrote:
    Creasy47 wrote:
    Dragonpol wrote:
    Creasy47 wrote:
    @Dragonpol, that just makes him even better in my eyes, something I didn't find possible. He really is one of the greatest artists of all time.
    Agreed and he lives up to the hype, something that you can't say of very many other music artists.
    Absolutely. I never get tired of his music.
    Me neither. There is always something refreshing and new to be found in his music.
    That's exactly what I love about it, and each song seems to bring something different or unique to the table: dance hits, songs with excellent guitar solos, slower, more emotional songs, highly-praised classics, etc.
    Indeed, and his vocal range is truly staggering - there's no other singer like him! MJ was a fully rounded musical artist.
    Agreed. Been a fan of MJ's since I can remember. I have good memories of seeing him in concert in 1996. :)>-
    Dragonpol wrote:
    Creasy47 wrote:
    I had absolutely no idea he was a Bond fan. That's awesome! Learn something new every day, I'll have to check out your thread about it.
    Yes, that surprised me too, but the evidence is there to be seen, if you look it out.
    That is just epic. I remember that thread. Pity people had to wander off-topic with that one.
  • DragonpolDragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com
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    QBranch wrote:
    Dragonpol wrote:
    Creasy47 wrote:
    Dragonpol wrote:
    Creasy47 wrote:
    Dragonpol wrote:
    Creasy47 wrote:
    @Dragonpol, that just makes him even better in my eyes, something I didn't find possible. He really is one of the greatest artists of all time.
    Agreed and he lives up to the hype, something that you can't say of very many other music artists.
    Absolutely. I never get tired of his music.
    Me neither. There is always something refreshing and new to be found in his music.
    That's exactly what I love about it, and each song seems to bring something different or unique to the table: dance hits, songs with excellent guitar solos, slower, more emotional songs, highly-praised classics, etc.
    Indeed, and his vocal range is truly staggering - there's no other singer like him! MJ was a fully rounded musical artist.
    Agreed. Been a fan of MJ's since I can remember. I have good memories of seeing him in concert in 1996. :)>-
    Dragonpol wrote:
    Creasy47 wrote:
    I had absolutely no idea he was a Bond fan. That's awesome! Learn something new every day, I'll have to check out your thread about it.
    Yes, that surprised me too, but the evidence is there to be seen, if you look it out.
    That is just epic. I remember that thread. Pity people had to wander off-topic with that one.

    You lucky thing, @QBranch! Where did you see MJ live, pray tell?

    And agreed that was probably my most offbeat and esoteric thread ever!
  • QBranchQBranch Always have an escape plan. Mine is watching James Bond films.
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    The History concert in Brisbane. I hadn't been there for years, so it was a great way to return to my birthplace. I remember every minute of it. We were right up the back, but there were two massive screens on the stage that magnified everything. A bought a shirt and collector's book there. Good times indeed.
  • DragonpolDragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com
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    QBranch wrote:
    The History concert in Brisbane. I hadn't been there for years, so it was a great way to return to my birthplace. I remember every minute of it. We were right up the back, but there were two massive screens on the stage that magnified everything. A bought a shirt and collector's book there. Good times indeed.

    Yes, sounds like it was a great time, sadly never to be repeated as of 25 June 2009, The Day The Music Died.
  • NicNacNicNac Administrator, Moderator
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    I agree with so many of the choices here. I'm not going to repeat any but add some tracks by artists I think have been over looked (and I apologise profusely if they haven't been).

    What Kind Of Fool Am I? - Sammy Davis Jnr
    Birth of the Blues - Sammy Davis Jnr
    My Heart Stood Still - the Mamas & the Papas
    Conversations - Michael Nesmith
    The Crippled Lion - Michael Nesmith
    Let's Get Married - The Proclaimers
    Me And Bobby McGee - Janice Joplin
    Hide In Your Shell - Supertramp
    Lately - Stevie Wonder
  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
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    I know it wouldn't really fit into the 'greatest songs of all time,' and I'm not sure if anyone is a fan of jazz like I am, but one of the greatest jazz songs I've ever heard is 'Blue Train' by John Coltrane. It's just perfection to the ears.
  • DaltonCraig007DaltonCraig007 They say, "Evil prevails when good men fail to act." What they ought to say is, "Evil prevails."
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    'Superstition' from Stevie Wonder
    'Wonderwall' by Oasis
    'Baba O'Riley' by The Who
    'Viva La Vida' from Coldplay
  • WintWint
    edited October 2013 Posts: 63
    Dragonpol wrote:
    25 June 2009, The Day The Music Died.
    Did MJ record his own version of American Pie, pray tell?
  • Sammm04Sammm04
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    Led Zeppelin-Stairway to Heaven (Live at MSG In 1973 Is best Version)/Black Dog/ Kashmir/ Rock N Roll
    The Rolling Stones-Brown Sugar/Sympathy for The Devil
    Lynyrd Skynyrd-Sweet Home Alabama
    ACDC-Highway To Hell/Hells Bells
    Black Sabbath-War Pigs
    Frank Sinatra-Blue Moon/This Town
    Matt Monro-Softly, As I leave You
    Laura Branigan-Self Control (Hell yeah, GTA Vice City)
    Elton John-Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting
    Fleetwood Mac-Go your Own Way
    Nirvana-Lithium
    Gerry Rafferty-Baker Street
    Queen- ALMOST EVERYTHING

    Just some personal faves.
  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
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    @Sammm04, another Fleetwood Mac fan! They have so many great songs. 'Self Control' is great, I love Branigan. My favorite song of hers is 'Gloria.' She has such a voice. I have to say, from GTA III on, the series introduced me to so many great tunes.
  • Sammm04Sammm04
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    Creasy47 wrote:
    @Sammm04, another Fleetwood Mac fan! They have so many great songs. 'Self Control' is great, I love Branigan. My favorite song of hers is 'Gloria.' She has such a voice. I have to say, from GTA III on, the series introduced me to so many great tunes.

    Yeah, it's great how games can influence people in that way, if I hadn't played GTA Vice City, I probably wouldn't have made much of that song, as I know I've heard outside that game before, like Fallout 3 and New Vegas, which has introduced me to many older generation songs I didn't know before.

  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
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    @Sammm04, 'GTA III' has a great soundtrack full of songs that you may not have heard in terms of 80's music. There's even a radio station completely ripped from the 'Scarface' soundtrack.
  • StirredNotShakenStirredNotShaken Toronto
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    @Creasy47, Flashback FM. #Memories

    San Andreas has my favourite soundtrack of any game ever. Even the country and techno stations had absolutely killer songs on it. I've heard every song, on every station, in San Andreas hundreds of times, and there isn't a single song I even remotely dislike.
  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
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    @StirredNotShaken, you've got it! My favorite soundtrack is 'Vice City' because I'm a huge fan of 80's music and I loved everything on there, but you're right, 'San Andreas' just really didn't have bad songs, and I never had to change the station when I got in the car because every tune that came on, I liked listening to it. 'GTA IV' also had really good stations and songs, and the DLC added even better music, but 'GTA V'? Not a fan. I didn't care for the stations/songs that much.
  • WillyGaloreWillyGalore
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    Creasy47 wrote:
    @StirredNotShaken, you've got it! My favorite soundtrack is 'Vice City' because I'm a huge fan of 80's music and I loved everything on there, but you're right, 'San Andreas' just really didn't have bad songs, and I never had to change the station when I got in the car because every tune that came on, I liked listening to it. 'GTA IV' also had really good stations and songs, and the DLC added even better music, but 'GTA V'? Not a fan. I didn't care for the stations/songs that much.

    I'm with you on Vice City. Loved the soundtrack. I remember I'd be driving around, about to start a mission when either Kim Wilde or Bryan Adams would come on the radio so I'd continue driving till the song finished :-)
  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
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    @WillyGalore, I've been in that scenario many a time! Almost get to a mission I wanted to start and 'Billie Jean' or 'Plush' would come on the radio, and I'd park and wait.
  • 4EverBonded4EverBonded the Ballrooms of Mars
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    I want to add:

    What's Going On - Marvin Gaye
    I'll Take You There - The Staple Singers
    Respect - Aretha Franklin
    Killing Me Softly - Roberta Flack
    Love to Love You, Baby - Donna Summer

    :)>-
  • 00130013
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    Two more, from female country singers:
    Linda Ronstadt: Long, long time
    Dolly Parton: Will always love you
  • LicencedToKilt69007LicencedToKilt69007 Belgium, Wallonia
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    Many are already listed ! Glad to see some have the same tastes than me.

    Here's mine :

    Queen - Show Must Go On
    - We Will Rock You
    - We Are the Champions
    - Crazy Little Thing Called Love
    - Bicycle
    - Bohemian Rhapsody
    - The Miracle
    - Killer Queen
    - Another Bites The Dust
    - I Want To Break Free
    - Don't Stop Me Now
    - Somebody to love
    - Who Wants to Live Forever
    - Under pressure (feat. David Bowie)
    - Fat Bottomed Girl
    - Love of My Life
    - Radio Gaga
    ...
    Scorpions - Still Loving You
    - Wind of Change
    - Send me an Angel
    - Humanity
    - The Future never dies
    - You and I
    - Always Somewhere

    U2- Magnificent
    - One
    - With Or Without You
    - Sunday Bloody Sunday
    - The Saints Are Coming (feat. Green Day)
    - Vertigo
    - New Year's Day
    - Pride (In The Name of Love)
    - I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
    _ Where the streets have no name
    - Desire
    - Beautiful Day
    - Elevation
    - Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own
    - City of Blinding Lights

    those 3 groups are my favs. I could add many more.

    I'll add much more later.
  • royale65royale65 Caustic misanthrope reporting for duty.
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    Ok, I’ll give this a whirl, one from each of me favourite bands;

    Black Sabbath - NIB
    Led Zeppelin - When The Levee Breaks
    Rolling Stones - Wild Horses
    Beatles - HELP! (I know, guilty pleasure...)
    Doors - The End
    Jimi Hendrix - Burning of the Midnight Lamp
    Cream - Brave Tales of Ulysses
    David Bowie - Somebody Up There Likes Me
    Deep Purple - Smoke on the Water
    Vanilla Fudge - You Keep me Hangin' On
    Neil Harvest - Needle and the Damage Done
    Credence Clearwater Revival - Fortunate Son
    Bob Marley - Three Little Birds
    The Clash - London's Calling
    Madness - Our House
    Lynyrd Skynyrd - Tuesday's Gone
    AC/DC - Whole Lot of Rosie
    Tom Petty - Crawling Back to You
    Guns 'n Roses - Mr Brownstone
    REM - The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonight
    Pearl Jam - Dissident
    Oasis - She's Electric
    Nirvana - In Bloom
    Small Faces - Tin Soldier
    Kinks - Waterloo Sunset

    and last, probably my favourite song, by my favourite band,

    The Who -Baba O' Riley


    @DaltonCraig007 - you are back, and you've got "Baba O' Riley" as one of your favourite songs! Good show!
  • LicencedToKilt69007LicencedToKilt69007 Belgium, Wallonia
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    Deep Purple - Smoke on the water (definitely)
    - Hush
    - Highway Star
    Nirvana - Come as you are
    - Smells like teen spirit
    Oasis - Wonderwall
    Metallica - Nothing else matters
    Soundgarden - Black hole sun
    Led Zep - Immigrant song
    - Kashmir
    - Stairway to heaven
    - Heartbreaker
    - Black Dog
    - Whole Lotta Love
    Pink Floyd - The Wall
    - Money
    - Wish you were here
    - Comfortably numb
    - Hey you
    - Shine On You Crazy Diamond
    - High hopes
    AC/DC - Highway to hell
    The Clash - London Calling
    - Rock the Casbah
    JImi Hendrix - Purple Haze
    - Foxy Lady
    David Bowie - Heroes
    - Space oddity
    Gerry Rafferty - Baker street
    Frank Sinatra - My Way
    - Strangers in the night
    - Something stupid
    ...
  • 0BradyM0Bondfanatic70BradyM0Bondfanatic7 Quantum Floral Arrangements: "We Have Petals Everywhere"
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    -"As Time Goes By"- Written by Herman Hupfeld and immortalized forever in Casablanca

    -Anything Phil Collins, especially the likes of "You'll Be In My Heart", "True Colors" and "You Can't Hurry Love"

    -Anything sung by Frank Sinatra, my favorite entertainer. Writers and composers like Cole Porter really helped make him a classic musical icon. Some of my favorites include "The Way You Look Tonight", "I've Got You Under My Skin", "Come Fly With Me", "My Way", "The Best is Yet to Come," and "As Time Goes By." The list is honestly endless.

    -"You've Got a Friend in Me", written and sang by the undisputed king of the friendship song, Mr. Randy Newman.

    -"I Want to Break Free", "Somebody to Love" and "Radio Ga Ga" by Queen

    -"American Pie" by Don McLean, a veritable musical masterpiece from start to finish.

    -"If I Can Dream", "Can't Help Falling in Love", and "Burning Love" performed by Elvis

    -"Piano Man", "Goodnight Saigon", "Miami 2017" and "We Didn't Start the Fire" from Billy Joel.

    -"Georgia on My Mind", most associated with Ray Charles

    -"Candle in the Wind" by Elton John

    -"Yesterday", "Hey Jude" and "In My Life" by The Beatles

    -"Imagine" by John Lennon

    -"Something" written by George Harrison

    -"Gimme Shelter" by The Rolling Stones

    -"House of the Rising Sun" by The Animals, which features some of the best vocals ever in a song

    I could go on, and on, and on. I am not a very objective person, especially when it comes to music, but these are the songs that are my drugs, and I can't live without hearing them on a regular basis.
  • 00130013
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    From the Boss:
    "Murder Incorporated"
    "Atlantic City"
    "The River"
    "State Trooper"

    As for "Highway Patrolman" I prefer Cash's version.
  • HASEROTHASEROT has returned like the tedious inevitability of an unloved season---
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    "Suspicious Minds" - Elvis Presley
    "Ain't No Sunshine" - Bill Withers
    "The Joker" - Steve Miller Band
    "Hot Blooded" - Foreigner
    "Don't Stop Believing" - Journey
    "Life's Been Good" - Joe Walsh
    "Rocky Mountain Way" - Joe Walsh
    "Midnight Rider" - The Allman Brothers
    "Fooled Around And Fell In Love" - Elvin Bishop
    "Rock On" - David Essex
    "Free Bird" - Lynyrd Skynyrd
    "Fortunate Son" - Creedence Clearwater Revival
    "Didn't I Blow Your Mind This Time" - The Delfonics
    "Strawberry Letter 23" - Brothers Johnson
    "Low Rider" - War
    "Cisco Kid" - War
    "I Wanna Get Next To You" - Ross Royce
    "Born To Be Wild" - Steppenwolf
    "Jungle Boogie" - Kool & The Gang
    "Let's Stay Together" - Al Green
    "Girl, You'll Be A Woman Soon" - Urge Overkill
    "Hurdy Gurdy Man" - Donovon
    "Sympathy For The Devil" - The Rolling Stones
    "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" - The Beatles
    "Be My Baby" - The Ronettes
    "Bye Bye Love" - The Cars
    "California Dreamin'" - The Mamas and the Papas
    "Ebony Eyes" - Rick James
    "Comfortably Numb" - Pink Floyd
    "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy" - Rod Stewart
    "Don't Worry Baby" - The Beach Boys
    "The Gambler" - Kenny Rogers
    "Go Your Own Way" - Fleetwood Mac
    "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" - Elton John
    "Hotel California" - The Eagles
    "Layla" - Derek and the Dominos
    "Light My Fire" - The Doors
    "Lola" - The Kinks
    "Love Hurts" - Nazareth
    "Love Is The Drug" - Roxy Music
    "More Than A Feeling" - Boston
    "Runaway" - Del Shannon
    "Silent Lucidity" - Queensryche
    "The Sound Of Silence" - Simon and Garfunkle
    "Spirit In The Sky" - Norman Greenbaum
    "Summer In The City" - The Lovin' Spoonful
    "There Goes My Baby" - The Drifters
    "Where Did Our Love Go" - The Supremes
    "Nights In White Satin" - The Moody Blues
    "A Whiter Shade Of Pale" - Procol Harum
    "You Keep Me Hangin' On" - Vanilla Fudge

    sorry for the extremely long list.... be grateful, i could've kept going lol..

  • 4EverBonded4EverBonded the Ballrooms of Mars
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    Oh I really love some of these; thanks for sharing your list.
    especially ~
    Light my Fire ... Hurdy Gurdy Man ... Aint No Sunshine ... Fortunate Son
  • HASEROTHASEROT has returned like the tedious inevitability of an unloved season---
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    4EverBonded wrote:
    Oh I really love some of these; thanks for sharing your list.
    especially ~
    Light my Fire ... Hurdy Gurdy Man ... Aint No Sunshine ... Fortunate Son

    no problem... i figured i would share what I could remember (and also i ran down a playlist of mine on itunes as well lol) - that way maybe someone who hadn't heard of a couple would look them up and discover them..
  • 4EverBonded4EverBonded the Ballrooms of Mars
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    :) I have a long list a few pages back, too - took me awhile, but it was fun to think of all the great songs that I grew up with.
  • 00Beast00Beast
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    "Roadhouse Blues"- The Doors
    "You're No Good"- Van Halen
    "Adam's Apple"- Aerosmith
    "Mademoiselle"- Styx
    "Turn It on Again"- Genesis
    "I'm Gonna Win"- Foreigner
    "Shoot to Thrill"- AC/DC
    "Money" ('81 re-recording)- Pink Floyd
    "Over the Hills and Far Away"- Led Zeppelin
    "The Trees"- Rush
    "All the Day and All of the Night"- The Kinks
    "Magic Carpet Ride"- Steppenwolf
    "Touch and Go"- The Cars
    "Rocks Off"- The Rolling Stones
    "My Kinda Lover"- Billy Squier
    "A Man I'll Never Be"- Boston
    "Suffragette City"- David Bowie
    "Feelin' Stronger Every Day"- Chicago
    "Clock Strikes Ten" (live at Budokan)- Cheap Trick
    "Strange Kind of Woman" (live in Japan)- Deep Purple
    "Foolin'"- Def Leppard
    "Suzie Q"- Creedence Clearwater Revival
    "Simple Man"- Lynyrd Skynyrd
    "The Kid is Hot Tonight"- Loverboy
    "Breakfast in America"- Supertramp
  • HASEROTHASEROT has returned like the tedious inevitability of an unloved season---
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    I have a ton of favorites... maybe later i'll post some up from the 80s that i love as well.
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
    edited December 2013 Posts: 45,489
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